Platform outside johannesburg. It was the second train crash in the area within a week. Last weeks accident killed at and injured over 260. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Im mark crumpton. This is bloomberg. Shery im shery ahn. Vonnie and im vonnie quinn. Welcome to Bloomberg Markets. And injured over 260. Global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. Shery here the top stories on the bloomberg and around the world. Debate. Immigration taking center stage as President Trump meeting with a group of 20 lawmakers today. House Speaker Paul Ryan singh republicans want to solve the issue. We head to washington for the latest. Ethics whirlwind. Fx whirlwind. The pboc scrapping the countercyclical factor for the yuan. After shelving his hedge fund plan bitcoin champions mapping out a new opportunity. More on the bloomberg scoop later this hour. Vonnie breaking news on mi
0. Vote vote vote the presiding officer has every senator voted . Any senator wish to change his or her vote . On this vote, the yeas are 51. The nays are 46. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of David Ryan Stras of minnesota to be United States circuit judge for the eighth circuit signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of David Ryan Stras of minnesota to be United States circuit judge for the eighth circuit shall be brought to a close. The yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. The clerk will call the roll. Vote
Good morning. Happy friday welcome to Worldwide Exchange. Im sara eisen im dominic chu in for wilfred frost. We are starting your weekend off with taylors swift single called gorgeous. Taylor swifts new single are not like they used to be i dont know ill give it a chance to grow on me we are seeing action in u. S. Equity futures after that late senate vote that cleared the way for reconciliation dow futures are higher, up 80 points s p up 4. 5 nasdaq up 12 points. The nasdaq yesterday was the only one to close lower. The tech selloff led the nas da down the dow and s p finished in record territory yet again the party keeps going. Among the reasons for the jump in futures, big news out of washington the Senate Passing a budget resolution late last night among prartity lines that final vote was 5149. Senator rand paul was the only republican to vote against it. This is a crucial step towards that president s goal of passing a tax plan for this year senator als will have to reconce their
December talking about bipartisan to stabilize the Health Insurance market for 2018. Lets start there. Whats your sense of the condition of those markets right now . I think theres a lot of consensus what is needed to shore up or strengthen the Affordable Care act marketplaces. Going into 2017, there was a lot of evidence, financial and otherwise Insurance Companies were starting to find their footing after a few rocky years. The policy uncertainty coming out of washington, debate over whether they will repeal the aca or not repeal the aca, whether there will be an individual mandate, that penalty for not having insurance, all of that uncertainty is causing Insurance Companies to be very nervous about their long term participation. So i think going forward, the condition of the markets is that we dont know, because theres still some key decisions that need to come out of washington to give insurers that confidence they need to stay in the market. Joseph, i want to get your thoughts on
Weve got a weak boundary across the region thats going to be the culprit of some cooler air for the second half of the weekend. Today i want to point out, wakely up to mostly the 40s and 50s, although we have a few cooler spots like keene into the 30s. Areas of fog in some spots, but not that dense fog that we had yesterday morning. Thats because the winds have calmed across southwestern New Hampshire. That wind is active along the coast so we will continue to see fine visibility through the morning, but just be prepared for some limited visibility where we do see some later winds. Temperatures today on the rise. Again climbing well into the 50s if not 60. Ill show you what to expect in your town coming up in just a little bit. This morning the Investigation Continues into thursdays runaway mbta train. Here is what we know so far. Govenor Charlie Baker admitting the operating made several mistakes on that red lion train. One of those mistakes is a detail fox25 first reported. Trains ac